Banned & Restricted List
Every card currently banned, restricted, or suspended across official Flesh and Blood formats — sourced from the legality flags maintained by Legend Story Studios.
Updated October 19, 2026
134
Cards restricted
5
Formats affected
51
In Classic Constructed
Banned (51)
Art of War
Awakening
Guardian
Ball Lightning
Ball Lightning
Ball Lightning
Belittle
Belittle
Belittle
Berserk
Brute
Bloodsheath Skeleta
Runeblade
Bonds of Agony
Assassin
Bonds of Ancestry
Ninja
Bonds of Ancestry
Ninja
Cash In
Channel Lightning Valley
Chart the High Seas
Necromancer
Count Your Blessings
Count Your Blessings
Count Your Blessings
Crown of Seeds
Drone of Brutality
Drone of Brutality
Drone of Brutality
Duskblade
Runeblade
Electromagnetic Somersault
Electromagnetic Somersault
Entwine Lightning
Entwine Lightning
Entwine Lightning
Golden Tipple
Golden Tipple
High Octane
Mechanologist
Orb-Weaver Spinneret
Assassin
Orb-Weaver Spinneret
Assassin
Orihon of Mystic Tenets
Phantom Tidemaw
Illusionist
Plume of Evergrowth
Plunder Run
Plunder Run
Plunder Run
Reaping Blade
Runeblade
Remembrance
Stubby Hammerers
Tome of Aetherwind
Wizard
Tome of Divinity
Tome of Firebrand
Tome of Fyendal
Volzar, the Lightning Rod
Wizard
Winter's Wail
Guardian
Wrath of Retribution
Ninja
Zephyr Needle
Ninja
Recent announcements
September 17, 2026September 2026 Banned & Restricted AnnouncementSource
- Classic Constructed (effective Sep 18): Entwine Lightning banned; Brand with Cinderclaw unbanned
- Silver Age benches (effective Sep 18): Briar, Oldhim and Oscilio for one season; Chane for two seasons (developer vote); Ira, Kano and Kayo return
- Silver Age banned: Absorb in Aether, Beaten Trackers, Emeritus Scolding, Harmonized Kodachi, Lightning Press, Pulping, Sigil of Suffering, Snapback
- Silver Age unbanned: Beckoning Haunt, Deathly Delight, Flourish, Sirens of Safe Harbor, Vantom Wraith
- Living Legend multiplier for heroes in their first year of legality raised from 0.5x to 0.75x; new pre-game reveal procedure trialled for the season
June 29, 2026June 2026 Banned & Restricted AnnouncementSource
- Classic Constructed (effective Jul 6): Remembrance banned; Electromagnetic Somersault (blue), Skyward Serenade and Talk a Big Game unbanned
- Silver Age unbanned (effective Jul 6): Cash In, Seeds of Agony, Steelblade Shunt, Vigorous Smashup
- Announced early for Pro Tour: Las Vegas competitors
May 28, 2026May 2026 Banned & Restricted AnnouncementSource
- Classic Constructed banned (effective May 29): Channel Lightning Valley, Electromagnetic Somersault, Phantom Tidemaw, Reaping Blade, Skyward Serenade, Volzar, the Lightning Rod
- First Silver Age vote: Ira, Crimson Haze, Kano and Kayo benched for one season; Chane unbenched
- Silver Age banned: Beckoning Haunt, Deathly Delight, Ebon Fold, Flourish, Reaping Blade, Vantom Wraith, Volzar, the Lightning Rod
- Silver Age unbanned: Aether Spindle, Burn Up // Shock, Lightning Press
March 23, 2026March 2026 Banned & Restricted AnnouncementSource
- Scepter of Pain unbanned in Classic Constructed (Verdance ascension)
- Rootbound Carapace unbanned in Classic Constructed (Florian ascension)
- Classic Constructed deemed well-balanced, healthy, and rapidly evolving
March 3, 2026March 2026 Silver Age Banned & Restricted AnnouncementSource
- Silver Age ban list philosophy published: bigger, more frequent changes each season
- Silver Age banned: Aether Spindle, Bracers of Belief, Burn Up // Shock, Lightning Press, Sirens of Safe Harbor, Steelblade Shunt
- Silver Age unbanned: Amulet of Ice, Rake the Embers, Rootbound Carapace
October 28, 2025October 2025 Banned & Restricted AnnouncementSource
- Multiple Living Legend format changes
- Adjustments following Pro Tour Tokyo metagame analysis
Last data refresh: October 19, 2026. Official policy at fabtcg.com.